Digital+Media


 * Definition: Digital Media **
 * Digital media is content that is transmitted or sent through the internet or other software. This can include videos, pictures, information, audio, and more.
 * Classroom Use: **
 * Digital Media can be used in the classroom in a plethora of ways from enhancing lesson plans to keeping students informed. For years now schools have been using email to keep teachers, faculty, and parents informed of the happenings in schools, but now your students can get text updates for upcoming homework assignments and reminders. Lesson plans can be enhanced by the use of videos from internet resources such as youtube, or by creating your own videos. Pictures are another way to help enhance lesson plans or recently I have seen teachers taking pictures of their students to use for job charts or birthday walls instead of nametags. Of course there is a lot of information that can be found on digital media sources that both teachers and students can use.
 * Annotated Web Links: **
 * **MacArthur Foundation**
 * This website is researching how digital media is changing the lives of children and how it can help better education. There are multiple videos on this website that cover different ways to incorporate digital media and much more. It also includes an area for events in digital media and what's new.
 * MacArthur Foundation
 * **Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century**
 * This webpage includes a video about why digital media is important and how it is important to learning in today's world. Along with the video there is a written explanation of the video and what it talks about. You can also buy the video set from PBS.
 * 21st Century Learning
 * **Common Core Standards**
 * Something that may be unknown to many is that the common core standards actually has a portion where they talk about using technology and digital media in the classroom. The following link will take you to the page and the paragraph is at the bottom.
 * Common Core
 * **Digital Media's Impact is Uneven, Teachers Say**
 * This article is very short, but it was interesting to see a different view on digital media and how it could possibly be negative.
 * Digital Media's Impact
 * Created By: Katlin Hyde**